Hand-feed control means for duplicating machines



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i HAND FEED CONTROL MEANS FOR DUPLICA'IING MACHINES Filed Dec. 29, 1941 INVENTOR. OSCAR E.ROSEN "ATTORNEYS,

Patented Sept. 4, 1945 HANDHFEED ooNrRoL-MEAN-sroR- DUPLICATING Maornnns Oscar Ez Rosen, Detroit, "Mich-L ApplicationDecember 29, 1941,;Serial No.;42,4,730 (Cl. 90-'13.5)

' 2 Claims;

The; present inventionr 1813118312130 duplicating machines and specifically to, means for control li the feed oflthe.work ..to..1the cutter or vice versa.

In the ope,ration of duplicating machines,

wherethe control-,oi/the cutting-is doneby means 0175a tracer contactinga pattern-,3 it isusual to allow-the tracer to control-,the movement of, the.

tracer-.1 nd 011121761? topanda from *the pattern and work, respectively, or. the; movement of :gthe pate,v

tern to and from the tracer and cutter, respectivelyywh'ile thegnovement of the work past the cutter, or vice versa, is accomplished by the usual automatic feed.

However, in many cases it is desirable to use hand feed while permitting the tracer to control the movement of the work and cutter relative to each other. In a specific example, the tracer may control the up and down movements of the cutter or work while the horizontal movement is accomplished by hand feed.

In such cases, it is difficult if not impossible, to so regulate the hand feed as to keep the tracer always in contact with the pattern, particularly on sloping surfaces. Accordingly, among the objects of the present invention is means by which this difliculty may be overcome.

Another object is means for limiting the speed of the hand feed in accordance with the angle of the cut-the steeper the angle, the slower the feed.

Another object is an automatic braking means on the hand operated feed element which means is tracer-controlled.

Still other objects will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon reference to the following description and the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a conventional representation of a cutting machine with the brake attached.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

In the drawing, the conventional cutting machine is shown as consisting of a base and frame portion I 0, a cutter head I l movable vertically, and a work table I! movable laterally and forward or backward. As shown, the cutter head ha fixed thereto an arm l5 carrying a tracer IS, the movable finger of which is adjusted to contact a. pattern IT as the cutter l8 contacts the work l9.

As the pattern and work are moved laterally with the table l2 the cutter head H is moved up or down under control of the tracer by means and in the manner shown and described in United States Letters Patent No. 2,138,208, issued November 11, 1938, the operating means being connected electrically to the tracer through the wires25.i.

Whenitis desired :to operate the table llaby. hand,th'is is. accomplished byarotation of Ethe.

hand wheel.30.-' Butv since in such operation it is difficult to. vary the; speed oflzoperation irriexact accord withathew angle of the cut, there'i 'apr. plied to the hand wheel shaft 3| thedevice shown in -detail inFigure 2 and shown at '32 in Figure 1.

This device consists of a brake drumi-33 fixedj to shaft 3| and acted upon by a pair ofbrake shoes=34+suitab1y lined :as at, 35-1iand pivotally attached to a pair of arms 36 and 36a, themselves pivoted upon the stationary housing 31, as at 38.

The lower free end of arm 36 has fixed thereto a solenoid 40, this being so arranged that its aXis is in alignment with a suitable anvil or enlarged flat surfaced portion 4| at the free end of. arm 36a.

At 44 is indicated a suitable T shaped core for solenoid 40 and at 43 is shown a non-magnetic extension of said core, this projecting from the solenoid and abutting the portion 4| of arm 36a. With such an arrangement, whenever the solenoid 40 is energized, the free ends of arms 36 and 36a will be pushed apart and the brake applied.

Current for energization of the solenoid 40 may be taken from the tracer l6, and the braking impulses produced whenever the tracer finger l 6a is displaced. This-arrangement, however, while practicable, is less desirable than a separate control of the brake device and the tracer shown in the drawing as modified to give such control.

The tracer construction, except in one particular, is shown in United States Letters Patent No. 2,162,491, issued June 13, 1939. It includes an arm oscillatable by means of a synchronous motor between two stationary contacts. This arm carries a live contact and is movable by the tracer finger |6a to complete a circuit through one or the other of the stationary contacts. One of these circuits causes the movement of the cutter head up and the other, down.

The point of construction constituting the exception mentioned is in the addition to the oscillating arm, of a cross arm carrying a live contact at each end and in adding two other stationary contacts both of which are connected to solenoid 40. All of said contacts may be made adlustable so that it is possible to actuate the brake simultaneously with the energizing of the other contacts or to cause a lag in brake actuation.

On Figure 1, the tracer It shows the head more or less diagrammatically and indicates the oscillating arm at as carrying a cross arm 5| will, of course, be provided for the drive unit and I for solenoid 40.

The operation of the device is quite obvious. When the tracer finger l6a strikes a steep ascending portion of the pattern H, the braking device 32 slows the feed so that the cutter is not overloaded. When the finger [6a comes to a steep descending portion, the feed is again slowed so that the tracer remains in contact with the pattern.

It is to be understood that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive; reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention. 1

I claim:

1. In a duplicating cutting machine having a tracer including electric circuit making and breaking means adapted to control action of the cutter in one direction and including a rotatable member hand operated means for controlling action of the cutter in another direction, electrically actuated braking means including frictionally engageable and disengageable members constructed and arranged to create a drag on said rotatable member'to-thereby control the speed of rotation of the hand operated means, and additional circuit making and breaking means in said tracer for causing actuation of said electric speed control means.

- 2. Ina duplicating cutting machine in which a pattern-and a work piece are adapted to be moved with relation to a tracer and cutter and in which the actionof said pattern upon said tracer controls the action in one direction of said cutter upon said work piece through the action of electric circuit making and breaking means in' said tracer, means including at rotatable'member for moving the cutter and work piece relatively in anotherdirection, electrically actuated means including frictionally engage-' able and disengageable members constructed and arranged to create a drag on said rotatable member to therebycontrol the speed of the latter movement and circuit making and breaking'means in said tracer for causing actuation of the last-mentioned controlling means.

OSCAR E. 'RO'SEN. 

